Title 14, Coast GuardRelease 119-102
§547 Rewards for Apprehension of Persons Interfering with Aids to Navigation
Title 14 › SUBTITLE I — ESTABLISHMENT, POWERS, DUTIES, AND ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 5 — FUNCTIONS AND POWERS › SUBCHAPTER III — AIDS TO NAVIGATION › § 547
Summary
The Coast Guard can pay rewards to people who help catch and convict anyone who illegally tampers with buoys, lights, or other navigation aids it keeps. It can also pay rewards for tips that lead to finding or recovering missing Coast Guard property.
Full Legal Text
Title 14, §547
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The Coast Guard may offer and pay rewards for the apprehension and conviction, or for information helpful therein, of persons found interfering in violation of law with aids to navigation maintained by the Coast Guard; or for information leading to the discovery of missing Coast Guard property or to recovery thereof.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 50c (Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 32, 60 Stat. 857). Section is enlarged to provide for payment of rewards for information leading to the discovery or recovery of missing Coast Guard property. 81st Congress,
House Report No. 557
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Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 643 of this title as this section.
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Citation
14 U.S.C. § 547
Title 14, Coast Guard
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102